School meals price rises leave bitter taste Leaders forced to swallow extra costs or pass the increase on to parents
‘Untenable’: Council schools in deficit soar as costs keep rising Policy experts said the dire situation could ‘force’ local authorities to ‘relinquish’ their maintained schools
DfE scrambles to save key policies as schools bill set for axe Ministers and officials work on last-ditch plan to bring back priority proposals in different legislation
NEU pencils in teacher and support staff strikes for early 2023 Ballots for strike action among teachers and support staff will open next week, union confirms
NAHT will ballot heads for strike over pay for the first time Unprecedented move from union with 35,000 members follows poll which showed most backed industrial action
Austerity 2.0: ‘No good news for schools’ as Hunt warns of cuts Chancellor says ‘all departments’ will need to find savings, and ‘some areas of spending will need to be cut’
Revealed: The winners of the Nasen Awards 2022 Eighteen schools, individuals and organisations recognised for work supporting children with SEND
Pre-pandemic school standards won’t return as quickly as we’d like Schools are weathering the storm better than some public services, but a lack of funding will slow recovery
Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2022 DfE confirms pay scales following offer of 5% for most teachers and 8.9% increase in starting salaries